Cole Ashford, contributing author at Joliely, wearing a trench coat on a New York City street

Cole Ashford

Cole Ashford is a men's style writer based in New York City. A former retail buyer with a decade of building his own wardrobe, he writes about men's fashion with a focus on the outfit logic most content ignores: why something works, not just that it looks good.

Dark Academia Fashion Men I Build From Thrift

dark academia fashion men, photo collage

The cues for dark academia fashion men come from old European universities, libraries, and the romanticized image of scholarly life. The aesthetic centers on muted, warm tones (brown, burgundy, forest green, charcoal, cream), classic tailoring (blazers, trousers, Oxford shoes), and…